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Willsboro, AVCS come in under cap taxes flat at WCS; up 3.05 percent in AuSable

Essex County supervisors exploring use of modular building for kitchen site Modular structure with a commercial kitchen may be the most cost effective solution to nutrition site, say lawmakers

remedy to the county’s senior meal nutrition kitchen problem they hope will be easy to swallow: A relocation of the facility to a modular building.

The Essex County Board of Supervisors on April 25 authorized the department of public works to go out for a request for proposal on a 3,000 square foot modular structure.

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Thompson sentenced to 4 to 12 years for videotaping teens Additional charges could be filed

The abandonment of a pair of mausoleums in Clinton County has families searching for answers PLATTSBURGH — It was a storybook romance.

Doris Mary Richards gazed across the dance floor at Wilfred Gonyea.

“I’m going to marry that boy,” Richards said.

Pete DeMola She did.

Writer The couple got hitched at St. Joseph’s Church in Mooers in July 1945.

The American dream followed.

Wilfred took on a number of blue collar jobs to support his growing family — mechanic, tractor-trailer driver, mine worker. The Redford native also joined a number of civic organizations, including the Knights of Columbus, the Trail Blazers Snowmobile Club and the Peru Rod and Gun Club.

Doris found joy in homemaking and raising their six children.

Both were devout Catholics and deeply respected in the community. And like other sensible Americans, the couple

A state health department inspection last spring revealed numerous code and ventilation issues at the 30-year-old building.

Improvements cannot be made while the kitchen is operational, Dougan said.

If a modular building is determined to be the most costeffective solution, operations would be moved permanently

Surviving family members of those interred at Whispering Maples Memorial Gardens facilities in Plattsburgh and Ellenburg Depot are shocked at the deterioration of the buildings.

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made funeral arrangements long before they eventually passed away.

Whispering Maples Memorial Gardens seemed like a good bet.

The nonprofit, which was incorporated in 1980, had been advertising crypt space in a pair of new mausoleums in Plattsburgh and Ellenburg.

Unlike traditional mausoleums designed for individual families, the Whispering Maples properties were grandiose affairs. The facilities featured manicured lawns, chandeliers and benches where people could sit indoors and pay homage to their loved ones, who were entombed in above-ground >> WHISPERING MAPLES | pg. 9

ELIZABETHTOWN — John “Jack” Thompson was sentenced to 4 to 12 years in state prison on Tuesday.

Following his sentencing at the Essex County Courthouse, the former Westport Central teacher was led away in handcuffs.

Thompson, 51, pled guilty to four felony counts of unlawful surveillance in the second degree in March.

The charges stemmed from the discovery of a pair of cameras Thompson installed in his bedroom to secretly film a young couple as they housesat his Willsboro home.

Judge Kevin K. Ryan sentenced Thompson to 1 1/3 to 3 year consecutive sentences on each of the charges.

As he weighed his determination, Ryan said the most significant factor was the level of premeditation involved.

“This was planned and planned for sometime,” Ryan said.

Thompson was arrested last April and was originally charged with 22 felony counts of unlawful surveillance in the second degree and one count of unlawfully dealing with a minor.

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Cobble Hill Golf Course to open next week Work on new fourth hole nearly completed

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ELIZABETHTOWN — The Cobble Hill Golf Course will

open for the season the second week of May, the town supervisor has reported.

Don Ratliff has been tapped as the new manager, taking over for Bruce McPhail, who passed away last July.

Ratliff began on Monday.

Completion of a new hole on the town-owned course is “90 percent complete,” said Elizabethtown Supervisor Noel Merrihew.

“That new hole will be in play at the beginning of the summer,” he said.

Irrigation work has been completed and cart path construction is ongoing.

The new fourth hole has been created in a stretch of forest; the ninth will be removed. The idea to modify the course has been kicked around for years following complaints that errant balls posed a safety risk to pedestrians, motorists and businesses along Route 9.

New technological advances have allowed for its creation, Merrihew said.

The town is also exploring ways to keep the course sustainable. Membership continues to drop, chiefly due to the region’s changing demographics.

The attrition of the town’s elderly population has been a chief culprit.

“Just in the last six years, we’ve probably lost 50 percent of our membership,” Merrihew said.

The younger generation who have historically acted as a farm team has also disappeared, he said.

“It’s harder to get younger people to come and out and play if not exposed to it by their parents,” Merrihew said.

This year, the course plans on offering discount packages for students, among other incentives.

Cobble Hill, which costs $90,000 per year to operate, once generated between $10,000 and $15,000 in revenue annually.

Not anymore.

“I believe that ratio has inverted,” Merrihew said, pegging the annual costs to subsidize the course somewhere between $8,000 and $10,000.

The Cobble Hill Golf Course in Elizabethtown will open the second week of May with a new manager Photo by Pete DeMola

One way to remedy the problem is reducing labor costs.

For years, the town has applied fertilizers and pesticides inhouse, a process that requires at least two people.

This week, Merrihew plans on meeting with a firm who may be able to conduct the same service at a lower cost.

Doing so will allow the town to deploy their employees more efficiently, he said.

‘Taste of the Grange’ to offer cooking skills WHALLONSBURG — The Whallonsburg Grange Hall will host “A Taste of the Grange” with chef Marla Gilman Thursday, May 12, in the kitchen, from 6 to 9 p.m. Gilman will show people how to create vegetable sushi, peanut noodles, coconut curry carrot soup and mango sticky rice. All cooking levels welcome. Class size is limited to 15. Register now to reserve a spot by calling 963-4170 or email Kate Ritter at admin@ thegrangehall.info. The cost is $25 which includes lesson and meal.

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AuSable Valley Central budget under cap Spending plan reduces two teachers through attrition

By Pete DeMola

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CLINTONVILLE — AuSable Valley Central’s adopted $32,175.165 spending plan contains a tax increase of 3.05 percent over last year.

Taxpayers will see a 2.35 percent tax levy increase, which comes in slightly under the state-mandated cap of 2.39 percent.

For homeowners, that amounts to a 40 cent increase per $1,000 in assessed value, from $16.86 to $17.26.

That’s a $40 increase on a $100,000 home, from $1,686 to

$1,726 annually.

The total tax levy clocks in at $13,376,104, or about 45 percent of total appropriations.

The spending plan, which was adopted by the board on April 20, recommends reducing two teaching staff positions — a science and business instructor — through attrition.

Additional reductions were derived from savings in TRS contribution rates and finalized special education placements and projections, said Paul Savage, district superintendent.

“It has been a challenging process, but we do feel confident that we were able to put together a budget proposal that meets the needs of our students and district,” Savage said.

While the district received a 2.4 percent increase in state aid this year, 34 percent of the $242,004 bump fell under the community school aid category, Savage said.

As such, those funds are earmarked for specific programs

and services that remain to be determined, said the superintendent.

“We are uncertain on how that money can be used at this time and hope there is enough flexibility so that we can meet some of the needs we have in the district,” Savage said.

The district also received an additional $41,491 in Gap Elimination Adjustment funds, the final monies left to be restored from the controversial budget-balancing device first implemented by the state in 2010.

“This was a true team effort between the board of education, administrators, faculty and staff and I am pleased that we are once again able to stay under the tight parameters of the tax cap and still maintain our programming at AVCS,” Savage said.

A budget hearing is scheduled for May 10 at 6:30 p.m., with a vote to follow on May 17.

Chris Gibson decides not to run for governor

By Thom Randall

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COLONIE — U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, popular with northern New Yorkers and considered a strong candidate for governor of New York, announced May 2 that he would not be running for the post in 2018, and that he was exiting politics.

The Congressman that for years represented Warren, Essex and eight other counties, said Tuesday he had accepted a position as visiting lecturer on Leadership at Williams College — and that he sought to spend more time with his family.

“Mary Jo and I have three teenagers who are in their last years at home,” he said. “Ultimately, for our family, the opportunity to spend increased time together balanced with a return to academia was one we could not pass up.”

Gibson has won over a considerable number of New Yorkers of all political affiliations with his bipartisan decisionmaking and his moderate, analytical approach.

Gibson’s tenure in Congress started in Jan. 2011, two months after he defeated Scott Murphy of Glens Falls to represent the 20th Congressional District. Although his home base was moved south due to redistricting, he retained broad support from residents of Essex and Warren Counties. Now representing the 19th Congressional District, he was re-elected in 2012 and 2014 by wide margins.

In early 2015, Gibson announced he was not running for Congress in 2016 so he’d have time to “help build the state Republican party.”

In February, he formed a Gibson For New York committee to explore a candidacy for the governorship, and began rais-

ing funds through a website of the same name.

On his website, he had cited four main objectives — returning power and choice in education to parents, teachers and local districts; pursuing governmental ethics reform beginning with the Governor’s office; making sure communities are safe without abridging Second Amendment Rights; and to stimulate economic growth and bolster middle-class financial security.

Monday, he said he’d be shutting down his exploratory committee and returning campaign contributions.

Before his involvement in politics, Gibson served 29 years and seven tours in the U.S. Army, rising to the post of Colonel.

During his Army career, he won various medals and awards, including a Purple Heart.

Prior to his military service, Gibson graduated magna cum laude from Siena College. During several of his years in the Army, Gibson studied at Cornell University, earning two degrees including a PhD. He subsequently taught American Politics at West Point, and held a fellowship at Stanford University.

Essex County G.O.P chairman Shaun Gillilland, supervisor of the town of Willsboro, said Tuesday he was disappointed over Gibson’s decision, but since he’d served in the Navy for 25 years, he fully understood Gibson’s change of course to spend more time with his family.

“I absolutely empathize with Chris Gibson’s decision, because in the service, he’s already spent a lot of time away from his family, and a run for governor would mean a tremendous amount of time on the road,” he said.

“I respect his decision, but it leaves a big hole in the state

Republican party,” Gillilland continued, noting that Gibson was a centrist with broad support.

County Vice Chairman Win Belanger also offered his thoughts.

“We will be missing an opportunity to have such a valued patriot to run for governor,” he said.

Efforts to reach Warren County G.O.P. Chairman Mike Grasso Tuesday morning were unsuccessful.

In his announcement, Gibson said he had enjoyed meeting people across New York State and appreciated their support.

“Thank you for the opportunity to serve,” he said. “I truly believe that this is an exceptional country and our best days are still in front of us,” he said.

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Plattsburgh showcase to screen local films “We’re driven by a commitment to place and exploring who we are in the North Country,” says film festival organizer

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PLATTSBURGH — Like anywhere else in America, Plattsburgh is a small city looking for its identity, says a local filmmaker and professor.

For the past three years, the Lake Champlain International Film Festival has pushed the city toward fulfilling that discovery, says Michael Devine, an associate professor of English at SUNY Plattsburgh.

Last year’s installment drew 1,000 community members to a diverse spread of films with an emphasis on the local — like “Arts in Exile: Tibetan Treasures in Small Town America,” the Mountain Lakes PBS documentary on the Lake City’s connection to Tibetan culture.

Or “Burgh,” the art film made by Levine and his wife, Julia, that encourages viewers to explore the idea of a “burgh,” which Levine defines as “a community people need to discover in a new and fresh way.”

“In discovering where are, you can discover who you are,” Devine said.

This Friday, festival organizers will offer a sneak peek of films from this year’s installment at the Strand Theatre.

The six flicks include student productions (Lydia Bakowski’s “Son of a Man”), a glimpse at the local food movement (“Grass Farm Chicken,” which lifts the veil on Reber Rock Farm) and offerings by seasoned vets like Aaron Woolf, the filmmaker who took a run for Congress in 2014.

Woolf, an Elizabethtown resident, will be screening excerpts from a pair of upcoming documentaries, including “To Be a Miss,” which reveals the seedier side of Venezuela’s beauty pageant industry.

Pageants are pervasive in the country, said Woolf. While nearly every school and town has one, the South American nation only has a handful of shelters for victims of domestic violence. “[The industry] is focused on a very superficial view of who women are and their role in society,” Woolf said.

The film, said the director, explores a theme he frequently visited in his congressional campaign: What happens to individual lives in the wake of government policies?

Woolf said Friday’s showcase is critical in keeping local folks enthusiastic about the region’s burgeoning film industry and growing the community.

The “Go Digital or Go Dark” campaign, which sought to aid Adirondack movie theatres in making the costly switch to digital equipment; the Strand’s restoration, SUNY Plattsburgh’s film program and festivals like these are all part of this expanding community, Woolf said.

Technology that flattens the playing field, including the

iPhone, are also chief drivers, Woolf said.

It’s a tool that is also indispensable to students.

As part of Devine’s coursework, the professor is sending kids out to explore the city and come up with solutions for problems they encounter.

Sustainability is a key element, he said.

“The power of that idea is actually connecting the college to the city and saying ‘We help build that relationship,’” Devine said.

Bakowski’s aforementioned “Son of a Man” is a study on how children interact with the environment, the director said.

The graduating senior said she’s “super-excited” that the city is offering opportunities for people to come together over their shared interest in film.

“It was really community-building to know all these people are pursing the same passion,” she said.

Does film help her see the city in a different light?

Absolutely, she said.

“It definitely made it feel a lot bigger than I originally thought,” Bakowski said.

Plattsburgh is a happening place, Devine said, citing the college’s “intellectual firepower,” the arts scene and grassroots civic planning initiatives.

“The best days are really ahead of it,” Devine said.

Lake Champlain International Film Festival Local Film Showcase: Friday, May 6 at the Strand Theatre, Plattsburgh.

Doors at 6:30 p.m. $5 admission; free for students.

Pictured above: A scene from “Dirt” (Dir. Jason Andrew Torrance), a short film featuring the music of local band Lucid. “Dirt” and other films will be screened Friday, May 6 at the Strand Theatre in Plattsburgh as part of a local film showcase.

Taxes to be held flat for Willsboro Central taxpayers Adopted spending plan contains no change in tax levy

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WILLSBORO — Despite the 2.76 percent increase in expenditures in Willsboro Cen-

tral’s 2016-17 spending plan, taxpayers will see their taxes kept flat.

The $8,472,961 spending plan comes with no additional cost to taxpayers.

Homeowners in the district will continue to pay $12.07 per $1,000 in assessed value.

That’s $1,207 on a $100,000 home.

The total tax levy is $5,141,119, or 61 percent of the spending plan. State aid con-

stitutes about 27 percent of the budget, or $2,317,224, while 10 percent will be taken from fund balance.

Superintendent Stephen Broadwell said he was pleased that the budget will allow the district to maintain current programs without increasing taxpayer burden.

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Brant Lake teen named to U.S. Development Ski Team Abe Studler, 18, will join the team in Park City, Utah this fall

By Pete DeMola

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BRANT LAKE — A local teenager has just passed a big milestone in his goal to join the big leagues.

Abe Studler, 18, has made the cut to join the U.S. Development Ski Team.

The placement came after Studler, a mogul skier, took the win in both the singles and duals events at Junior Nationals in March in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Studler, who trains at the Killington Mountain School in Vermont, had another successful competition in Colorado in March, where he finished eighth in singles and 14th in duels.

Placing second at the Nor-Am Cup, held in March at Killington, was also a critical stepping stone, Studler said.

The teen began skiing at 18 months.

“Right when I stood up, they put me on skis,” Studler said of his parents.

The passion for moguls didn’t come immediately.

At the age of 8, after years of hitting the slopes at Whiteface and skiing all across the Adirondack backcountry, Studler’s parents

enrolled him in the New York Ski Educational Foundation weekend program in Lake Placid for alpine racing.

It wasn’t until a year later that he decided he’d rather hit jumps in the woods. Studler was sent to mogul, where he competed under Mike Lynn for four years.

Landing a slot on the team marks a “pretty good end to the season,” he said.

Studler enjoys mogul skiing for its brevity and excitement.

“It’s just a massive adrenaline rush when you’re standing in the gate waiting for your run,” he said.

Studler will relocate to Park City, Utah this summer to train with the development team, a goal he has worked toward since he pivoted from competing for fun to doing so professionally.

Ideally, he’d like to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Having access to the sport’s premier coaches and facilities will help significantly, he said.

Studler thanked his parents, teammates and coaches, including Lynn, Glen Eddy and Kris Pepe, for their support.

Being a good coach goes beyond just technical knowledge, said Studler. Coaches must strike a balance between knowing when to support and when to push their athletes.

The path to Park City wasn’t always easy,

Studler said, recalling several tough moments at Nor-Am that he had to power through.

Studler remains modest despite his accomplishments.

He recalled a time, years ago, when a group of admirers called him over after he spent the morning ripping down trails. They asked for his autograph because they saw his natural talent.

“That was a cool moment,” Studler said.

At right: Following a successful season, Abe Studler, of Brant Lake, has been named to the 2016-2017 U.S. Freestyle Ski Team.

Applications now available for community garden plots Au SABLE FORKS — It’s that time of year again. The Town of Jay Community Garden is waking up from a long winter. The town will be freshening the plots this year with fresh soil for improved growing conditions.

Applications for the 16 individual raised-bed plots in the garden are now available at Town of Jay Offices in the Community Center in Au Sable Forks.

Returning gardeners will be given first priority, and the remaining plots will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis once a completed application has been turned in to the Town of Jay Supervisor’s Office. There is annual fee of $20 per plot, and guidelines and rules for the garden are included with the application.

Most of the materials and tools for the garden were made available by a Creating Healthy Places grant that the town received from the Essex County Public Health Department.

The raised beds were built by the town and much of the soil preparation was done by town staff, the Community Garden Committee, and other volunteers.

For more information or to obtain an application packet, please contact Carol at the Town of Jay at (518) 647-2204 or e-mail at deputyclerk@townofjay.net.

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pril has been a good month for our family-owned publishing firm.

Following up on our Editor Pete DeMola being named Writer of the Year by the New York Press Association to begin the month, we closed out the month with two additional key staff members being selected as Industry Rising Stars.

Ashley Charron and Ciara Thompson have been selected by the Association of Free Community Papers to each receive three annual scholarships to attend the association’s Leadership Institute, the first of which took place last week in San Diego, Ca. Ashley and Ciara have demonstrated that they posses strong leadership and customer support skills earning them the right to advance those skills to earn an associate advertising degree.

In addition to the many training classes taking place in San Diego, AFCP also presented its annual industry performance awards allowing publications such as ours, to see how we measure up against the best community newspapers in the country.

We were honored to take home an armful of awards, including: First place awards : Best Web Site Best Online Presentation of News Best Original Writing News Article Best Special Project – Section VII Football Best Self Promotion-Web Site Second place awards: Best Online Digital Edition Best Original Writing Opinion Best B&W Ad Design more than 12” Best Special - Cancer Awareness Presentation Third place awards: Best Web Site Innovation Process Color Sports Photo Best Original Writing News Feature Best Ad Series Most Improved Publication Honorable mention: Rate Card These awards and the recognition of our staff serve one very important purpose and that is to ensure we are on the right track in meeting the needs of the community with our weekly publications.

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pair of neighboring Essex County school districts made a bold move when they announced last year that they would share a superintendent.

The arrangement between Elizabethtown-Lewis Central and Westport Central takes effect on July 1.

It’s a wise decision that’s long overdue.

After all, the districts have much in common.

Both face declining enrollment and similar tax rates.

Both already share a number of programs and services, including a boys soccer team that made it to the state finals last year.

And both, like all public school districts across the state, are facing a financial landscape where austerity is the new normal.

While districts across the North Country breathed a sigh of relief last month when Albany announced it would end the Gap Elimination Adjustment within a year, administrators were quick to point out that problems remain in how state education aid is allocated.

We’ll never be flush with cash.

Districts across the state are adopting their budgets this month.

For the most part, the narratives are similar: Scrimp here, cut there. Account for mandated costs over there. And hope disaster doesn’t strike.

The best case scenario is that no one gets a pink slip.

Buckle up and hold on.

Considering this perilous landscape, the districts who preemptively opt to pool their resources are embarking down a very wise path.

Other districts should take a page from the ELCS-Westport Central playbook, like Newcomb and Long Lake, for instance. Or Minerva and Johnsburg — or even Crown Point and Ticonderoga.

Many permutations will do.

Why shouldn’t they?

Since 2000, public school enrollment in the Adirondack Park has declined by 25 percent. The numbers have now bottomed out at a steady annual decline of 2.5 percent.

Elizabethtown-Lewis Central alone has lost 35 percent of its student body since 2003.

The clock is ticking.

Barring the steady import of exchange students, a policy some schools have adopted as a stop-gap measure, enrollment trends likely won’t see a reversal.

As such, it’s very difficult to envision any type of scenario where situations will improve without drastic changes that come directly from districts themselves at the ground floor.

While money is always a factor — it’s tough to examine the whopping salary and benefits packages for some of the superintendents in these tiny districts — the benefits go far beyond cost-savings.

As Westport and Elizabethtown-Lewis Central have already correctly pointed out, sharing wherever possible will allow them to position themselves better in the event of future unknowns.

There is no silver bullet to ward off the wolves at the door and turning a blind eye toward consolidation would be naïve.

Districts must do whatever it takes to ensure students receive a top-notch education, even if it means making tough decisions that challenge the very identity of their communities.

The Sun Community News Editorial Board is comprised of Dan Alexander, John Gereau, Pete DeMola and Keith Lobdell. We value your opinion and want to hear from you. Drop us a line on our new Facebook page, follow us on Twitter, or email us at johng@suncommunitynews.com.

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DrillingÊ deeperÊ onÊ MedicaidÊ taxiÊ issue To the Editor: I appreciate the headline coverage you recently gave to the issue of rogue Medicaid taxis. I would like to drill a little deeper to provide some more information that your readers may find useful.

The recent meeting referred to in Pete DeMola’s article was initiated and coordinated by myself and other staff at the Essex County Department of Social Services after compiling disparate allegations from clients, staff, relatives and other departments.

As Mr. DeMola’s article correctly points out, coordination of Medicaid Transportation was taken away from all counties by the NYS Department of Health about four years ago. Fortunately, ECDSS still retains two drivers who provide safe, timely medical transportation for some of our more vulnerable residents.

But since the DOH took over the bulk of transportation coordination, the Medicaid taxi business has exploded across the state.

The real and alleged allegations we are seeing now is the result of good intentions gone awry: the state intended to save tax dollars by contracting with one transportation company (MAS) to coordinate Medicaid transportation statewide. Instead, in prioritizing the use of taxis for medical appointments, the program created a demand for more and more expensive taxis.

In the process, it has been alleged that some less-scrupulous companies, with questionable driver hiring practices, have undercut legitimate local taxi companies and created fear amongst the elderly and medically frail.

Ironically, Medicaid transportation costs around the state have also skyrocketed, while at the same time, the much more affordable public transportation has lost Medicaid ridership.

As mentioned, ECDSS — though no longer with any official responsibility or authority regarding coordination of Medicaid transportation — compiled a long list of allegations and observations, and shared them in a meeting with MAS and DOH. MAS rightfully reinforced the importance of people using their taxi complaint process, and DOH shared this list of allegations with the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG).

To our pleasant surprise, OMIG contacted DSS and asked if we would coordinate a meeting with Essex County law enforcement agencies to discuss what could be done.

The result was the meeting referred to in the article, held here at DSS, and attended by representatives of county administration, the Board of Supervisors, New York State Police, Essex County DA, Essex County Sheriff ’s Office, DSS, Probation, EC Public Transportation, the Ticonderoga Police Department, DOH and four investigators from OMIG. The conversation was clarifying, productive and action-oriented. And yes, OMIG and DOH will be meeting with all of us again in a few weeks to check on mutual progress.

We are confident that, collectively, we can improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of Medicaid taxi service here in Essex County.

John P. O�Neill, MPA, Commissioner Essex County Department of Social Services

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ResponseÊ toÊ Mr.Ê OsborneÕ sÊ guestÊ viewpoint To the Editor: Thank you to Mr. Osborne for taking precious time and thought to write the guest viewpoint regarding shared athletic programs between schools.

“In unity comes strength” and last fall, the Griffin soccer team was able to bring Elizabethtown-Lewis and Westport to thestate finals. Many parents and relatives drove all the way to Middletown in support to watch a game elegantly played, with great footwork and passing. It was a proud moment for all.

Simone Stephens Westport

AÊ poemÊ forÊ Passover:Ê JimÕ sÊ FreedomÊ SederÊ To the editor: My friend, Jim, thinking I wasn’t busy, asked me to write a poem about freedom.

Does he think I know something about freedom?

Oh, no, everybody will light a candle and speak of freedom or, I guess, those not free who should be.

And who will be there with Jim, celebrating his Seder dinner but many Palestinians, a few Israelis, a few other Jews, an Irish yank, me, Jean PanetR and a few others.

Oh, that’s great. I have to tell Palestinians and Jews, who have fought for it their whole life and lives, about freedom.

Well, there’s a job for you!

Well, first of all, freedom is free and can’t be bought. No sooner are these words out of my mouth than I disagree. For resources and their lack of availability, have kept many more than one from becoming more free.

Try again.

Freedom is first and foremost in and of the mind. But there are free minds locked up in prison. Are they still free?

I will continue past this evening to try to define, with more time, what I think about freedom and about being free.

But tonight I will leave you somewhere between Einstein, who said a life must be lived for others, and Shakespeare, who said to thine own self be true and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

With freedom, or at least an important ingredient therein, lying somewhere between the two.

And I will return to next year’s Seder, as I will forever, where Palestinians, Israelis and other Jews and others, are celebrating one another together.

James F. Olwell, Montreal, Quebec

WeÕ reÊ strikingÊ toÊ keepÊ whatÕ sÊ leftÊ of Ê theÊ middleÊ class!

To the Editor: We at CWA and IEBW are on strike against Verizon.

Not for big raises. We are fighting to keep our jobs and jobs for the next generation.

You see, Verizon is a mega-corporation that made $5.5 billion net in the fourth quarter of 2015, and $1.8 billion net in each of the first three months of 2016.

A company that pays the top four executives over $40 million a year and the CEO over $18 million and is wanting to cut, outsource and off-shore our jobs. In 2000, there were 85,000 unionized Verizon workers on strike and now there are 39,000.

Do the math. This is a company that is not hurting in any way shape or form. The landline side is 29 percent of their income.

We are the network that connects the cell towers and many other cell phone companies towers. Verizon also refuses to build FIOS inclusively. In America, our broadband speeds ranks 19th in the world.

We (CWA and IEBW) are not only fighting for our jobs, but we want to build a better internet, phone and cable TV product for all of us.

Verizon has and wants to continue to put us on the road. Many of us have spent six or more months a year in NYC building FIOS; away from our families and homes three weeks at a time. This is not for storm damage, like the 1998 Ice Storm. Now they want us to relocate for two months at a time without seeing our families. Much of this work is without over time.

They (Verizon) want to gut our job security and offshore every job they can! They want to outsource our jobs to contractors that have no connection or pride for our home towns.

Yes, we make good money. I agree.

Yes, we have good benefits. They were all fought for! The company did not give them freely.

We at CWA and IBEW were there in the 1998 Ice Storm and every storm before and after.

We are there in the middle of the night in all weather helping our brothers at the power company.

We climb poles. We set poles in 13,000 volts. We work jobs that destroy our backs, shoulders and knees. Seldom does one retire from this work without being half crippled in one way or another. It is not a job for everyone or the weak at heart.

This is my third strike. While on strike, we go without pay and after 15 days, we lose our health insurance. We can’t collect unemployment for sev-

en weeks. Some members in the past have lost homes and our marriages are put to the test.

My children have done without when our union has had to call a strike.

We are not only striking for our jobs, but for what is left of the middle class!

John Briaddy Chief Union Steward, Verizon Lineman Saranac Lake

GovernmentÊ agenciesÊ areÊ failingÊ toÊ protectÊ LakeÊ Champlain To the Editor: I thought I would share this editorial viewpoint that was published in the Plattsburgh Press Republican April 19, 2016.

I have now spent over one year attempting to find an agency or individual that would step up to the plate and address the issues I have been raising over marina operations just on two bays of Lake Champlain.

I have not been disappointed in the continual “agency shuffle” and “activity without achievement” so well displayed by each of the players. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gives permission to place floating tire breakwaters in Lake Champlain and then never inspects or requires compliance with the requirements they place on marinas do such.

The U.S. Coast Guard does nothing to enforce marking and lighting tire breakwaters or to control the tires that break loose and clog international waterways as a floating hazard.

The issue of loose tire pollution that should be controlled by The U.S. Coast Guard and New York State DEC remains completely off their radar in spite of my repeated e-mails to both agencies.

Tires lie on the bottom of the bays four to six feet thick, the shores are littered with tires, and loose tires float into the international waterways and over to the shore of Vermont all the time.

The Town of Chazy cannot even enforce zoning laws concerning littering with tires on the shores of tax payers property within the town.

Obviously “agency shuffle” is a very effective tool for avoiding responsibility and action as required by any agency charged with that duty.

The environmental hazards allowed to go unchecked in the two bays in question are an inexcusable disgrace and a glaring example of the failure of government and government agencies to carry out their charged responsibility. If nothing is getting done to correct the issues at hand, why is taxpayer money being wasted to fund agencies and officials that do nothing?

Let’s try something new this year and get someone to actually carry out the duties they are paid to accomplish and then clean up this Wild West situation on just two bays on Lake Champlain. If your agencies cannot do this, how is the Lake Champlain ecosystem to be preserved?

I would like to thank The Plattsburgh Press Republican and Editor Lois Clermont for shedding light on this problem. That is a positive step in the right direction. How about one of the agencies or individuals addressed in this email actually trying to do something positive for Earth Day? That would be a great gift to the folks trying to enjoy the lake that your inaction is destroying.

Thomas Dragoon West Chazy

TrumpÊ viewpointÊ mereÊ propaganda To the Editor: Neither naïve nor gullible am I when it comes to the guest editorial “A true view of Donald Trump”. Its theme is the exoneration of Trump’s behavior. Of particular concern for me was the statement “Businesses go bankrupt all the time . . .” as an exoneration for Trump’s business failures. To me that is like saying: “people steal all the time, so it’s OK.” TWA (1992), United Airlines (2002), AIG (2008), Lehman Brothers (2008), GM (2009) and Sears (2016?), are exemplified as bankruptcies. Natural disasters like the Indian Ocean Phuket tsunami (2004), Katrina (2005) and Sandy (2012) are presented as possible causes for those bankruptcies.

None of the corporations cited failed because of those natural disasters.

It is well documented that each of them failed because of poor leadership by the President, CEO, COO, CFO (as appropriate) and their respective boards. They failed due to poor judgment, greed, and/or shady practices.

Bankruptcy by very large corporations (AIG was said to be “too big to be allowed to fail”) has repercussions that dwarf personal and small business bankruptcies. Contractors, employees/retirees, suppliers, taxers (schools, municipalities, etc.) will get pennies on the dollar, if they are lucky. Investors–stock holders–get nothing; bond holders may get a little.

But the corporate officers still have their fancy houses, cars, etc. They do not go bankrupt. Contractors and suppliers may be forced to lay off employees or file for bankruptcy. As always, you and I pay the debt one way or another.

Have a retirement plan like an IRA or 401(k)? Retirement plan fund managers like to invest in large corporations. When a large corporation goes bankrupt, the retirement plan suffers a loss which reduces payments to retirees and future retirees.

We are still recovering from the 2008 bust.

Currently, we are in debt up to my great grandchildren. Imagine a U.S. President that perceives bankruptcy as no big deal? Congress continues to raise the debt limit. Who holds our debt? At the end of 2014, China held over one trillion dollars of our debt, more than any other nation. Japan was a close second. Oil explorers were a distant third place with Caribbean Banks fourth. Some day those loans will be called.

What then?

Were I to classify this guest editorial, it would in the category of something “...political propagandists want naïve people to believe...”

Gordon Howard Keeseville

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COMMENTARY

Little Bits All about May Gordie Little

Columnist

“Mother, May I?” Who remembers that game? I always lost when “mother” sent me backwards or sideways and I wasn’t clever enough to outsmart her.

But I did manage to hold my own in “Kick the Can,” “Red light, Green Light,” “Red Rover” and especially “Spin the Bottle.” Sadly, we don’t see neighborhood children playing many games outside these days.

It’s May. When I was a youngster growing up along the Grasse River, we never went inside at this time of year. Games were on the nearby school grounds in our tiny Massena Center community.

“One Old cat” was another favorite you might recall. I asked Kaye for her childhood game memories and she has many, including skipping rope and hop scotch on the sidewalk.

Marbles? Sure, but I never won. A neighbor, Jean Lacombe, always cleaned out all my mason jars. She was a sure shot and the bane of my mother who greeted me and my empty containers with, “You did it again. You let a girl beat you.” Yes, I did, and I’ve acknowledged their superiority ever since.

My late friend, Jack Glasgow, called it “mud season,” but this past winter was fairly snowless and spring rains were late in arriving, so there was less mud than usual.

May 1 has had great significance for civilizations far back into antiquity. If I mention “May Day,” most of you know what I mean. It’s always signified a spring festival of one kind or another.

I love horses and people who revere them. I once wrote a delightful ghost story about an artist named Bianca who lived in a haunted housed on Macomb Street in Plattsburgh. She draws and paints horses. On May 1, she wished me a “Happy Beltane.” If that word is strange to you, check it out as you celebrate this transition between winter and summer and hope for a bountiful growing season this year.

Beltane has always had a connection with fires; thus, “Fires of Bel.” He was a Celtic deity and huge bonfires were often lit to symbolically cleanse the area and make way for new growth. Before and on May 1 this year, I heard our Morrisonville fire siren ring numerous times for grass fires and intentional fires—some set maliciously by those who never heard of Beltane.

If you have Scottish heritage, you might already know of the modern version of the Gaelic Beltane festival in that country.

The fires are still lit, of course, but my favorite part is the home decorations involving beautiful May flowers. Of course, the feast is also an important feature of Beltane.

Celebrations all but disappeared in Ireland and Scotland for many years, but, since the late ‘80s, they have been revived in a big way. I love the mystical and sometimes paranormal beginnings of such celebrations and how they can still wield power for us today.

Happy May. Columnist Gordie Little may be reached at gordie@suncommunitynews.com.

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Whispering Maples From page 1

crypts behind ornate marble facades.

Doris was afraid of water and didn’t want to be cremated. The mausoleum also seemed like a safe choice, Wilfred thought, because it could provide a place for their children to gather to pay their respects.

Furthermore, making arrangements beforehand would spare the kids from funeral costs.

Wilfred was sold.

He purchased a tandem plot where he and Doris would be interred for eternity, head-to-head right on the ground floor.

“When one died, one could talk to the other in a comfortable environment,” said Theresa Goodman, the couple’s daughter.

Doris passed away in November 2007. Wilfred visited her weekly. As his health began to falter, the trips became less regular.

But he still ventured out with the help of his daughter, who recalled bundling him up as protection against the elements.

“He did that every chance he got,” Goodman said. “He wanted to be with her.”

SHOCK Four months ago, Doris and Wilfred were reunited.

They join about 600 other North Country residents currently entombed in the Plattsburgh mausoleum, located on a stretch of wetlands along Tom Miller Road as it winds west away from the city.

Survivors and local officials are outraged and shocked at how the pair of facilities have been allowed to deteriorate since their construction in the early 1980s.

A shabby-looking facade in Plattsburgh gives way to a damp, musty interior. Electric lights hum overhead, many of which are burned out. Wires hang from the ceiling.

A stained glass window in the columbarium — where funeral urns are stored — is shattered and streaked with cobwebs.

The departed keep watch from a bulletin board adorned with photos: A woman on a boat. Smiling couples sitting at kitchen tables. Glamor portraits. A man proudly beaming from a new lawnmower; all of them, snapshots of a particular time and place now fading into the landscape.

The back of the building remains incomplete. Crumbling concrete walls, spiked with exposed rebar, are laid bare to the elements, while a patchwork of plywood, once intended to be

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temporary placeholders, have now become permanent, warped and weather-beaten with age.

In Ellenburg, located 27 miles to the northwest, the carpet was soaked from a leaking roof as stale air lingered within.

While state engineers have determined the buildings are structurally sound, they have been allowed to deteriorate for years.

More than 100 people attended a standing-room only meeting last week designed to provide answers to long-simmering questions.

The room crackled with tension.

Funds from the sale of each plot, including niches for cremated remains, were supposed to be reserved for a permanent maintenance fund, which has longsince been drained and declared insolvent by the state.

The state declared the Whispering Maples Memorial Gardens facilities abandoned What happened? in 2015. Pictured here is the front and rear exterior of the Plattsburgh mausoleum.

ABANDONED Whispering Maples Memorial Gardens was founded and incorporated as a nonprofit in 1980 by a local businessman named Peter Drown.

Drown eventually founded a constellation of funeral homes across the North Country that went through a series of owners, including national mega-chain Service Corporation International, who sold them in 2008.

But Whispering Maples remained controlled by the family.

Drown passed away in 2000 (he is interred at the Ellenburg site alongside several other family members). The most recent incarnation of the board of directors consisted of three people — Brenda Drown, Patricia Black and Sharon Vann — with Drown, who was married to Peter’s late son, Stephen, also serving as the president.

In February 2015, upon reports that the facilities, including a crematory in Ellenburg, were being neglected, the New York State Division of Cemeteries ordered Drown and Vann be removed from the board.

The facilities were declared abandoned and placed into a receivership.

Interment at Whispering Maples was not cheap.

Crypts ranged from $5,930 to $12,030 depending on their location.

By the time the state stepped in, 78 percent of the spaces in Plattsburgh had been sold; 66 percent in Ellenburg.

Photos by Pete DeMola

But the proceeds appear to have vanished.

In June 2015, the state determined Whispering Maples had failed to set aside adequate funds to cover the costs of preneed sales of crypt markers and sales of rights of interment.

The numbers were damning: Total liabilities clocked in at $330,800.

The state determined Whispering Maples’ financial assets, including the permanent maintenance fund, pre-need trusts and general fund totaled $296,974.63.

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Grand Knight Thomas McDonald, of Knights of Columbus Council 2301 of Au Sable Forks, presents a check for $200 to Jack Thomas in recognition of Jack’s achievement and sportsmanship in the recently completed Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship competition.

By Keith Lobdell

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Lexie Denis, a sixth grader at Saranac Middle School, was the 11-year old girls state champion at the New York State Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition April 10. She made all five of her tiebreaker free throws to win the event.

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Au SABLE FORKS/SARANAC — A pair of local youth basketball stars made their mark on the New York State Knights of Columbus Free Throw competition earlier April 10.

Lexie Denis, 11, a sixth grader at Saranac Middle School, won the girls 11-year old division at the competition, held in West Point.

In the championship round, Denis made 19 of 25 free throws, good enough to force a tie with Emma Kimmel of Long Island.

In the tiebreaker round, Lexie was Steph Curry-cool under the pressure, going perfect from the charity stripe in hitting all five of her foul shots to claim the state title.

Denis won three events to make it to states, starting with the Local Knights of Columbus No. 6607 competition before advancing through the district and regional rounds.

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Denis hails from a hoops background as her father, Brent, coaches the Saranac varsity boy’s basketball team.

Along with Denis, Jack Thomas, 9, of Jay finished third in the nine-year old boys division at West Point, making 20 of 25 free throw attempts.

Thomas’ big moment came in the regional round of competition, where he not only won his age division but posted the highest score of the day by connecting on 22 of the 25 attempts in Syracuse. He also advanced through the regional competition, held in Massena.

Thomas is the son of Mike and Monica Thomas, and hopes to attend basketball camp this summer to continue to practice the sport.

The Knights of Columbus free throw competition was formed in 1972, with over 120,000 competitors and 3,600 local competitions last year, open to boys and girls between the ages of nine and 14.

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Willsboro Booster Club hosts 5-K benefit road race

By Keith Lobdell

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Alyson Arnold

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Belyada Kitts

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Chantell Rowe

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WILLSBORO — Muhammad Zaib was the first across the line at the Willsboro Booster Club 5K road race April 16.

Zaib crossed the line in a time of 22:09 and change, eight seconds ahead of the top female finisher, Brittany Jones.

All proceeds from the race will go towards supporting the athletic programs at Willsboro Central School.

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Tara Valachovic

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Hannah Emery

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Elizabeth Jones

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Courtney Aloi

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Andrew Lee

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Lexi Nolette

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Everett Cassavaugh 33:34.868

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Kira Crowningshield 34:00.898

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Steve Cooley

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Trina Bigelow

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Lilly Nolette

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Brenon Farney

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Muhammad Zaib

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Rylee Pierson

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Brittany Jones

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Darrian Sweatt

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Michael Douglas

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Mallory Arnold

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Trevor Bigelow

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Kaitlyn Wilkins

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Kyle Young

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Erinn Walker

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Oliver Lee

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Elena Vega-Castro

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Regan Arnold

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Racers take to their marks at the beginning of the Willsboro Booster Club 5K April 16.

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Finnley Walker

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Nicole Cassavaugh

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Peg Sheehan

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Nancy Arthur

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Lucas Cross

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Zachary Pierson

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Ashley Blanchard

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Katie McCallister

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Cheryl Vanderpool

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Janet Sayward

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Lindsey Douglas

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Pam Drollette

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Paul Arnold

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Theresa Moss

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Carrie Pierson

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Stephen Leibeck

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Todd Pierson

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Mike Northup

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Joan Hubbard

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Miranda Laferriere

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Kaitlyn Lindsay

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Kyli Swires

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Alexis Stoker

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Laura Bridge

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Jeanmarie DeKleine 52:50.638

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UP IN SMOKE Authorities are baffled.

Since January, Connie Goedert, the state-appointed receiver, is trying to piece together the past 35 years, meeting with employees and examining what survives of the record books.

“The financial picture is not incredibly clear,” Goedert said at last week’s meeting.

A fire at the Whispering Maples records office in Ellenburg, which incinerated decades of files, has further obscured the issue, Goedert said.

The room groaned.

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unrestricted, they are inadequate to cover the cost of the pre-need liabilities,” read the report.

Part of each crypt and niche sale was supposed to go to the maintenance fund.

But the report determined not only was it underfunded, but the nonprofit failed to repay loans they were permitted to withdraw from the fund in 1992.

The nonprofit also failed to make regular deposits even as proceeds from internment space and mausoleum usage continued to pour in.

As of June 2015, the outstanding balance for the permanent maintenance fund was $212,399.

“How convenient,” a woman scoffed.

At present, no arrests have been made.

Financial investigations are ongoing, said David Fleming, a cemetery consultant brought in to aid the towns of Plattsburgh and Ellenburg.

“If the money is not there, it is up to the communities to decide how to pursue those funds,” Fleming said.

The future of the facilities, which are still fully operational and are continuing to accept interments, are cloaked in uncertainty as the two towns grapple with a process that will almost undoubtedly lead to their takeover of the facilities.

Fleming called the situation “extremely complicated.”

Mausoleum abandonment is nearly without precedent in the state. Officials could only recall one such similar scenario, a similar case in Ogdensburg last year.

Not only are standalone mausoleums rare — only one other such facility exists in the state — but in this case, the assets will have to be split between the two municipalities.

New York State Division of Cemeteries Investigator Leonard Breen said while his office typically conducts cemetery audits every 3 to 5 years, the agency seldom has the resources to conduct deep forensic audits.

“There’s so many cemeteries in the state, by the time you do the audit, it would take a few years to do the audit again,” Breen said.

State law requires cemeteries to hold annual lot owner association meetings where clients can review financial records.

That never happened at Whispering Maples, said attendees.

“We’ve never heard of a meeting, ever,” Goodman said.

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The room agreed.

Plattsburgh Supervisor Michael Cashman said he will advocate for a full audit and will pursue action to see if the nonprofit, which is still listed as active by the department of state, misappropriated resources.

“We need to dig deeper and past those two years,” Cashman said, referring to the time period immediately preceding the abandonment.

‘A GOOD START’ The first priority, Cashman said, is to shore up the buildings, which were constructed using what Fleming referred to as “lowgrade materials.”

The facility in Ellenburg needs a new roof; Plattsburgh, wall repairs (The crematorium in Ellenburg is said to be running efficiently).

A full report by a structural engineer is scheduled to be completed within the next two weeks.

While officials declined to cite exact repair costs, last year’s report pegged repairs at the Ellenburg facility at $99,619.26 and Plattsburgh, $46,849.58.

The repairs, said Fleming, will be designed as long-term solutions. After that, he said, little maintenance will be required for their upkeep.

State officials have already secured $300,000 from the state’s executive budget for the first round of repairs. Additional funds may be made available through the department of state, but the application process is expected to take at least a year.

Assemblywoman Janet Duprey (R-Peru) said she hoped the money would be a recurring item in the state budget.

“I see the $300,000 as the first installment,” Duprey said. “It’s certainly going to be a good start.”

Goedert’s receivership, which is designed to give the towns a window to “clearly” and “effectively” design a plan to take over the facilities, is slated to end on June 5.

According to state law, abandoned cemeteries fall under the jurisdiction of municipalities.

But officials from both towns indicated they felt uncomfortable with the pending responsibilities — including the operation of a crematory — that put them firmly in uncharted waters, especially under the state-mandated tax cap.

“I don’t necessarily want to sell the open crypts,” said Cashman. “And my rationale is the state of New York hasn’t been right by us. The rules have changed in the past five years.”

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But transferring the facilities to another private cemetery group isn’t immediately an option, he said, because the law contains safeguards to prevents the collapse of two nonprofits by taking one under disrepair and “placing it around the neck of another.”

Funeral homes are also prohibited from operating crematories under state law.

Under the receivership, business is operating as usual, said Goedert, and funeral directors are honoring pre-sale arrangements.

Goedert, who serves as the cemetery superintendent for the town of Queensbury, said those agreements would continue once ownership is transferred to the towns.

“The towns will fulfill all the contracts,” Goedert said.

Plattsburgh and Ellenburg will also have to determine if they will sell the remaining crypts and operate the crematory, which can act as a possible revenue source, said state senator Betty Little (R-Queensbury).

“The operation in Queensbury works well,” Little said.

Cashman said both towns were working on an inter-municipal agreement.

NO ACCOUNTABILITY For the living family members, open questions, including what they perceived as lax code enforcement structures that allowed the buildings to deteriorate, remain.

Many disagreed with the state’s contention that most of the damage at the mausoleums had been incurred between 2012 and 2015.

Complaints had been voiced to Whispering Maples for years about the poor conditions of the facilities, said meeting attendees.

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“There’s no wall on the back of the building,” Goodman asked. “How was that allowed to happen? Where does the responsibility lie there?”

Lyn Corron said she called Brenda Drown, the board president, numerous times to complain about the burnt-out lights and musty conditions.

She even offered to clean: “It didn’t happen,” Corron said. “I begged her.”

Others had concerns about the removal of personal items, mementos and flowers from the facility without notice.

Following her mother’s internment eight years ago, Goodman said she regularly called the Ellenburg office and left voicemails to complain about the conditions, including a soggy carpet stemming from spring flooding.

A Whispering Maples representative told Goodman the foundation had cracked and promised they would make repairs.

The nonprofit even purchased new carpet, which remained rolled up on the floor unused long before the facility was abandoned, Goodman said.

Officials admitted oversight was lacking.

“The oversight no doubt was an issue,” said Cashman.

“I’m not going to place blame on anyone, but the system broke,” Fleming said.

Little said she would explore possible legislation to prevent a repeat of the situation in the future.

“We are going to correct that,” said Little.

“We don’t have all the answers, but we do have the means to make amends for what happened here.”

Moving forward, the towns said they would work to create a notification process to keep survivors updated on future progress — which is critical, say family members, because they do not own the plots — as well as creating a new “friends and family”-type support group.

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Some remains have been already been exhumed and reinterred elsewhere at the request of surviving family members, said Trevor Rabideau, of R.W. Walker Funeral Home in Plattsburgh.

For some, this isn’t possible.

“What do we do if we need to take them out of there?” asked Goodman. “We’re not people of means.”

Corron’s husband pre-paid for his plot. Total costs came to $15,000.

Upon revelations of the misuse of funds, Corron asked a funeral director about exhumation and cremation costs.

Estimates clocked in at $1,900.

“If I knew yesterday what I know today, my husband never would have been put in there,” Corron recalled saying to the funeral director.

State law permits the sale of crypts on the open market, but only after they are first offered back to cemetery in writing.

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home.

Ellenburg Supervisor Jason Dezan said his parents and brothers are interred in his town’s facility, while Cashman is continuing to grieve the recent loss of his stepfather to brain cancer.

“My heart absolutely breaks for you folks,” said Cashman. “It’s absolutely disrespectful what has occurred.”

Goodman said the state needs to assume all costs because of their lack of oversight.

“We have great respect for our family, living and dead,” Goodman said. “It’s heartbreaking because you’re defending people who are deceased.”

It’s been four months since Wilfred passed away and Goodman is finally done settling his estate, including closing out accounts and settling debts.

“I haven’t even grieved yet,” Goodman said.

Sharon Vann, Patricia Black and Brenda Drown did not return phone calls seeking comment for this story.

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DEC announces 2015 deer harvest estimates ELIZABETHTOWN — Hunters harvested an estimated 202,973 deer during the 201516 hunting seasons, approximately 15 percent less than the prior year, the state Department of Conversation announced last week.

The 2015 deer take included an estimated 103,401 antlerless deer and 99,572 antlered bucks. Statewide, this represents a 20.5 percent decline in antlerless deer harvest and an 8.3 percent decline in buck harvest from 2014.

Over half of the bucks harvested in 2015 were aged 2.5 years and older, continuing a shift towards older bucks in the harvest. In most of the state, hunters are making this happen by their own voluntary decisions to pass up young, small-antlered bucks in favor of older deer, said the DEC.

With the severe winter of 2014-15 and a reduction in the number of permits available for antlerless deer in most Wildlife Management Units, a decline in deer harvest was anticipated.

However, overall deer harvest was lower than expected, as hunting success was apparently also reduced by the unseasonably warm conditions and lack of snow during much of November and December.

In fact, harvest reports were tracking on par with 2014 levels through early November, then started lagging behind 2014 once the regular firearms seasons began.

As usual, deer harvests and populations vary considerably across the state, and in approximately 25 percent of New York, the 2015

harvest suggests that deer populations were unchanged or increased from prior years.

Additionally, harvest data indicate that deer populations in portions of central New York, the Finger Lakes and the Lake Plains of western New York remain above desired levels and further population reduction is necessary.

Deer harvest data are gathered from two main sources: harvest reports required of all successful hunters, and DEC staff ’s examination of nearly 14,000 harvested deer at check stations and meat processors.

Statewide harvest estimates are made by cross-referencing these two data sources and calculating the total harvest from the reporting rate for each zone and tag type.

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Ryan agreed with prosecutors that Thompson showed little remorse for his actions, expressing concern only for himself following his arrest.

According to court documents, Thompson lamented his loss of income, possibly his home, and even considered suicide.

“I don’t sense any real sense of remorse,” Ryan said. “After all that has occurred in this case, your focus remains on you and not the victims.”

The case was midway through jury selection in March when Thompson abruptly accepted a plea deal after the prosecution presented the defense with what they said was “overwhelming” evidence.

Thompson’s attorney Reginald Bedell asked Ryan to consider a concurrent sentence, arguing the crimes stemmed from a continued sequence of actions.

“This was a continued act, and the sentence should be concurrent,” Bedell said.

Thompson pled guilty to the four counts occurring on March 28, 30 and 31 and April 1, 2015.

Bedell also argued sentencing must be in line with comparable cases at the state and federal level, citing last week’s sentencing of former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert for 15 months for a financial crime relating to the sexual abuse of teenagers.

But, he admitted, Thompson was guilty and committed a “bad act.”

“Trust is a very important thing,” Bedell said. “He deserves punishment, but the level of punishment should be proportional and fair.”

Two victims joined prosecutors in calling for Thompson to be sentenced consecutively on the charges.

In a statement to the court, the female victim, who was 17 at the time of the incident, tearfully described how Thompson promised $175, hot tub access and unlimited alcohol to housesit.

The Sun has not named the victims in this case.

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the victim said she would often come to his aid.

But he took advantage of that relationship, she said, and used his position of power to violate that trust.

“Jack Thompson saw me as an easy target,” said the female victim. “He was my teacher and violated me in a way that every woman fears.”

The victim she said remained traumatized by her former teacher’s actions.

One year after the crimes, she continues to struggle with depression.

“I often feel like I’m being watched,” she said. “Sometimes I feel like I’m losing my mind.”

The victim’s boyfriend, who is 20, called Thompson a “conniving sociopath” who showed no remorse.

The victim described his anger at Thompson remaining free on bail for the past year.

Running into him around town was inevitable, he said.

“I have to see his smug face as he waters his plants shirtless and walks his dogs,” he said.

Thompson, said the victim, had been spying on students for years, he said, citing evidence collected by authorities that was not used in this case.

“It upsets me when I think of how many more people could be victims,” said the female victim.

Ryan also extended a temporary order of protection to four total victims until 2036. But he refrained from forcing Thompson to register on a sex offender database.

Franklin County Assistant District Attorney First Chair David Hayes said he was pleased with the sentence, which he said sends a strong message to deter future perpetrators.

“I can’t stress enough these actions were not a mistake,” Hayes said.

Earlier, he called Thompson a “threat to the community.”

Hayes said there were no easy answers for the victims, who should have been engaged in “carefree” youthful activities this year — not testifying in front of grand juries or giving victim impact statements.

“You and your girlfriend and friends will always be victims of Jack Thompson,” he said.

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Thompson betrayed no emotion and spoke little during the proceedings.

“I just want to apologize for my actions,” he said to Ryan without looking at the victims. “I am deeply sorry and I submit myself to the court.”

The sentence stopped short of the maximum of 5 1/3 to 16 years in state prison. Ryan also declined Bedell’s attempt to postpone sentencing, citing what he claimed were factual inaccuracies in the pre-sentencing report, including the number of videos entered into evidence.

Ryan said it is standard protocol for counsel to work on those issues after sentencing.

Thompson was also required to pay $175 in restitution to the female victim and $375 for a national DNA database.

MORE CHARGES Thompson faces additional charges related to the case following his arrest last month for alleged witness tampering and falsely reporting an incident, both misdemeanors.

Authorities say Thompson dialed in a tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that the male victim had underage pornographic images of the female victim on his phone.

Earlier, Bedell also said the male victim presented a number of factual errors in his statement.

“I resented his rage,” Bedell said, adding that the victim wasn’t forthcoming with the fhat his girlfriend was underage during the time of the incident.

Ryan said he did not take Thompson’s most recent arrest into consideration in sentencing, citing the lack of time to review the new information.

More state and federal charges may be possible, said Hayes, as authorities continue to comb through the evidence collected at Thompson’s home.

Bedell said his client plans on appealing the sentence.

The male victim said he will pursue civil charges against the teacher, who will be eligible for parole in 2020.

For now, he and his girlfriend remain focused on recovery.

“It’s just the tip of the iceberg,” he said.

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From page 1 to the structure, which would be kept on-site once a suitable footprint was established.

Equipment costs for a commercial kitchen also need to be factored into the final price tag, some of which may be picked up by ACAP, which runs the program, through grant funds.

Lawmakers would then have to decide what to do with the existing building.

Essex County Manager Dan Palmer said prefabricated buildings often present more affordable solutions than building from scratch because construction is limited to building a foundation and crawlspace, thus minimizing the county having to pay prevailing wage rates.

“You can build it for a lot less, at least we believe that,” Palmer told lawmakers.

County officials have toyed with other possible solutions to the year-old problem, including relocation of the operation to the Essex County Fairgrounds in Westport.

Last spring, county officials pegged repairing the problems at $500,000.

The kitchen prepares 1,400 meals daily, which are sent to the county’s 14 meal nutrition sites.

Lawmakers approved the measure on Monday, with Ike Tyler (R-Westport) abstaining.

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“We’ve had a tremendous amount of interest in the May 14 Grand Hike to the Essex Inn,” said Chris Maron, CATS executive director, “so next Saturday we expect to see a lot of people hiking the 11-mile route between Wadhams and Essex.

The weather should be good, our band—the Russell Bailey Trio—is geared up for playing, and volunteers are almost done preparing the trails.”

Hikers should park in Essex, take a van or bus to Wadhams and then walk to the Essex Inn where they will enjoy a post-hike block party from 4 – 7 p.m. People can hike the whole route or join at one of the five designated “oases,” with the goal of arriving when the block party begins. Hikers can also stop at the oases and ride a shuttle van provided by the town of Willsboro back to their cars.

Check-in is from noon1:30 p.m. across from the Dogwood Bread Company.

Participants parking in Essex can catch the free shuttle at the ferry parking area where a it will take them to Wadhams at 12:15, 12:45, and 1:15. The shuttle will take people from the Essex Inn back to their cars at 6 and 7 p.m.

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appy Mother’s Day! Are you looking for a special Mother’s Day event? The Pleasant Valley Chorale will present its spring concerts, Arin Burdo > Columnist “Classic Cole–A Salute to the music of info@elizabethtownsocialcenter.org Cole Porter,” this weekend.

The program features many of the lovely, haunting melodies written by Porter from the early to mid-20th century. The Pleasant Valley Chorale is sponsored by the Social Center under the direction of Susan Hughes and accompanied

by Kerry Mero.

Concerts will be held Saturday, May 7, at the Essex Community Church, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, May 8, at the United Church of Christ on Route 9 in Elizabethtown, at 3 p.m.

Admission to the concerts is free, with a goodwill donation accepted at the door. For more information, please contact the Social Center.

A Boater Safety Course will be offered at the Center on Sunday, May 22, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Instructors Captain Heather and Captain Brian will present the NYS Parks-approved class.

The class is free! Adults and children 10 or older may register. Persons 18 and older are required to pay $10 by mail after the class to NYS for the issuance of the card. Call 873-2476 for more information or to register.

On Friday, May 6, LIFE Church will offer the “Bigger or Better” competition for our Teen Rec program.

This week, Kye Smith offers Boot Camp Monday, May 9, at 6 p.m.; Wednesday night Zumba Wednesday, May 11, at 5:15 p.m., and Boot Camp immediately after at 6:30.

On Thursday, NCCI offers Medicaid enrollment help from 9 a.m. to noon and Ellen DuBois offers yoga at 4:15 p.m.

Teen Rec hours are Tuesday through Thursday, 3 to 6 p.m.; Friday, 3 to 9 p.m.; and Saturday, 2 until 9 p.m.

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he North Country SPCA would like to announce that our annual Paws Cause for 2016 is swiftly Kathy Wilcox > Columnist approaching, and you will defirollerprincessfrog@yahoo.com nitely want to save the date! This year’s extravaganza and fundraiser will be held at Marcy Field in Keene Valley Friday, July 8, from 5 to 8 p.m. You can expect an evening of terrific food, live music, and a silent/live auction with lots of great items. What a great way to spend a summer evening! More details will follow as the date approaches.

Our featured pet this week is Sassy, a Beagle/Husky mix who spent most of her life prior to arriving at the NCSPCA being chained outside and having litter after litter of puppies.

She is seven years old and is now finally in a warm, comfortable place with plenty of food and attention. She has not had much opportunity to develop “people skills” due to her previous circumstances, and initially was quite shy and fearful around shelter staff; however, we have found that once she becomes familiar with someone, she is a complete sweetheart, playful, gentle, and very loving. She loves going on walks and always seems a bit surprised to come back into her warm comfy kennel. Sassy will need someone with plenty of patience to work with her, but we know she is worth it. Once she is your friend you will have the most loyal and loving dog you could possibly want.

Why not stop by and meet her today?

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County. SSNY designat- NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, ed as agent of LLC upon that the petitions nomiwhom process against it nating the candidates for may be served. SSNY the office of the Board of shall mail process to Education must be filed Corporation Service Co., with the Clerk of the Dis80 State St., Albany, NY trict not later than April 12207, regd. agent upon 18, 2016.

Petition whom and at which pro- forms are available at cess may be served. the office of the SuperinPurpose: Any lawful ac- tendent. The following tivity. vacancies are to be filled VN-04/30-06/04/2016on the Board of Educa6TC-116473 tion: EXPIRED TERM - incumbent, John Haverlick LEGAL NOTICE ANNUAL SCHOOL DIS- term expires on 6/30/19.

EXPIRED TERM - incumTRICT bent, Ann Whitney PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- term expires on 6/30/19.

EN, that the Public Hear- The petitions must be ing (takes the place of directed to the Clerk of the Annual Meeting) of the District, Cynthia the Keene Central Summo, must be signed by at least twenty-five School District, Essex County, New York will (25) qualified voters of be held for the inhabi- the district, and must tants qualified to vote at state the name and residence of the candidate. such meeting in said district at the school in BY ORDER OF THE Keene Valley on Mon- BOARD OF EDUCATION day, May 9, 2016 at 6 Cynthia Summo, Clerk of PM for the purpose of the District presenting a budget for Dated: March 16, 2016 the school year 2016 - VN-04/02,04/09,04/23, 5/07/2016-4TC-113509 2017. Voting for said budget, and two(2) school board members, LEGAL NOTICE FOR will be held on Tuesday, SPECIAL ELECTION OF May 17,2016 between THE ELIZABETHTOWN the hours of 12 noon FIRE DISTRICT On June and 8:00 PM. 7, 2016 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special ElecEN, that copies of the proposed budget includ- tion of the Elizabethtown Fire District will take ing an estimate of the amount of money which place on Tuesday, June will be required for 7, 2016 between the school purposes, exclu- hours of 6:00 p.m. and sive of public monies, 9:00 p.m. at the Elizabethtown Fire House lomay be obtained during the seven(7) days imme- cated at 22 Woodruff Elizabethtown, diately preceding the An- Lane, nual Meeting/Vote ex- New York, NY 12932 for cept Saturdays, Sun- the purpose of voting on the following proposidays, or Holidays, at the tion: Shall the resoluKeene Central School tion of the Board of Fire from 9AM to 3PM. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- commissioners adopted EN, that applications for on the 11th day of April, absentee ballots can be 2016, to establish a obtained and must be Type Capital Reserve submitted to the Clerk of Fund for the purpose of acquiring Fire Apparathe District, Cynthia tus, be approved?

Summo, no later than Only residents registered May 2, 2016 if ballot is to be mailed OR no later to vote with the Essex than May 9, 2016 if bal- County Board of Elec-

LEGAL NOTICE FOR SPECIAL ELECTION OF THE ELIZABETHTOWN FIRE DISTRICT On June 7, 2016 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Election of the Elizabethtown Fire District will take place on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Elizabethtown Fire House located at 22 Woodruff Lane, Elizabethtown, New York, NY 12932 for the purpose of voting on the following proposition: Shall the resolution of the Board of Fire commissioners adopted on the 11th day of April, 2016, to establish a Type Capital Reserve Fund for the purpose of acquiring Fire Apparatus, be approved?

Only residents registered to vote with the Essex County Board of Elections on or before May 15, 2016 or registered with the Elizabethtown Fire District on or before May 8, 2016 shall be eligible to vote.

Dated: May 2, 2016 Linda M. Wolf, Secretary Board of Fire Commissioners Elizabethtown Fire District 22 Woodruff Lane Elizabethtown, NY 12932 VN-05/07/2016-1TC117163

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MAGDI LAKE DRIVE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/24/16. Office location: Essex County. Princ. office of LLC: 821 Mirror Lake Dr., Lake Placid, NY 12946. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Paolo Magro, 12 David Dr., Saranac Lake, NY 12983. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

VN-04/09-05/14/20166TC-114152

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MAGRO FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/20/16. Office location: Essex County. Princ. office of LP: 18 David Dr., Saranac Lake, NY 12983. Latest date on which the LP may dissolve is 4/11/2046.

SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LP at the addr. of its princ. office. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

VN-04/30-06/04/20166TC-116530

17th, 2016, between the of the School District for hours of 12:00 noon and the fiscal year 20168:00 p.m.

2017 and to authorize Notice is further given the requisite portion that a copy of the statethereof to be raised by www.suncommunitynews.com Published by Denton Inc. ment of an amount of taxationPublications, on the taxable money which will be reproperty of the District. quired during the ensu2. To elect one member CLINTON of the BoardPRICE for a five ing year for school purDATE GRANTOR GRANTEE LOCATION (5) year term$20,000 commencof pub4/21/16 Svitlana Stanton poses, exclusive Ronald and June Snide Ellenburg ing July 1, 2016 and exlic monies may Jolie be Petrashune ob4/21/16 Casey and Sarah Henley Plattsburgh $135,000 4/21/16 Myron and Beatrice tained Matzkin by a resident Thomasor Kurz Ausablepiring on June $185,000 30, 2021 4/21/16 Pamela Robart and Donald Chamberlain Glenn and Laura Rivers Schuyler Falls $50,000 to succeed Tom Kohler taxpayer in the District 4/21/16 Fred and Hope Ballou Alisa Conley Black Brook whose term $25,000 expires on during the fourteen days 4/21/16 Casey and Jessica Bulriss Shannon Bodette Beekmantown $17,000 June 30, 2016.

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WESTPORT CENTRAL immediately preceding 4/22/16 Francis Laurin Stephan and Kristean Daniels Champlain $20,000 To authorize$154,255 the purSCHOOL the Budget Vote/Election 4/22/16 Linda Roberts Stephen and Janice Yell DISTRICT Beekmantown sixty-five ofARCWestport, except Saturday, Clinton Sunday 4/22/16 Keith and Norma Snow CountyTown Chapter NYS INC Ausablechase of one $200,000 bus and and holidays, Dis4/22/16 Federal National Mortgage Associationat the James Bezio County of Essex, New Mooers (65) passenger $27,500 4/25/16 Deborah and Larry Veins Noel Viens Clinton the expenditure $10,000 of a York trict Office during the 4/25/16 Jodi Garrant Betty Bedard Beekmantown $112,000 gross sum not to exceed hours for 8:00 a.m. to Notice of Annual Meet4/25/16 Luis and Mary Burgos Ryan Saranac one hundred$37,500 ing, Election and Budget nine thou4:00 p.m. (DST). Stephen and Matthew 4/25/16 Aaron and Darlene Zaidan Tammy Duquette Plattsburgh $147,000 sand dollars ($109,000) Notice is given Joshua that Grube a Vote 4/26/16 Mark Arel Ellenburg $25,900 proposition to authorize Public Budget Hearing and the use $25,000 of the sum 4/26/16 Bonnie Newell Ted Newell Saranac the purchase of a 22 Tuesday, May 10, 2016 of one hundred nine 4/27/16 Mark Paniccia Michael Miller Beekmantown $8,000 passenger bus with 6:00 p.m. Annual 4/27/16 US Bank Jerrysuch and JamieatMeseck Mooers thousand $25,000dollars fund to be taken from Meeting, Election & ($109,000) from the Bus the Transportation and ESSEXBudget Vote Tuesday, Reserve Fund to pay for Maintenance Equipment May 17, 2016 12:00 the bus in full.

DATE GRANTOR GRANTEE LOCATION PRICE 4/21/16 Norman Vincelette Reserve Fund will Becky Gates Chesterfield $1 NOTICE be noon 9:00 p.m.

AND FURTHER 4/21/16 Hazel Petersen and Susan Lubow Richard and Patricia Simpson Jay placed on the ballot.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVIS HEREBY $13,500 GIVEN, that 4/21/16 Thomas Masterson Notice is given Brooke Euber and Moriah a copy of the $47,170 that an EN,Susan thatDouglas a public hearing statement 4/22/16 Bank of America Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Ticonderoga $10 election will be held for of the qualified voters of of the amount of money 4/25/16 Tisha White Robert and Joan Moore Newcomb $78,000 the Westport Central which will be$135,000 required to the purpose of electing 4/25/16 Community Bank Chad Pierson Minerva School Districts one (1) Board of Taolan Educa4/25/16 David and Jeanie Sprague and Lauren Meyers District, Essex Schroonfund the School $122,168 County, budget for $122,020 2016-2017, tion member of the Dis4/25/16 Patrick and Linda Diello Federal National Mortgage Westport, Association New Jay York, will be held in the of public trict. One seat, Mountainside for the Associates 4/25/16 Bellevue Mountain Properties LLC Schroonexclusive $160,000 4/25/16 M&T Bank and Rebecca RodriguezCentral School Crown Point Westport monies, and $79,900 all other reterm of three (3)Joseyears 4/25/16 Richard and Denise to Erenstone Goddeau North Elba $168,000 Library in said District quired documentation fill the seat ofAimee Karin 4/25/16 Essex County Henrywill and Susan Jay $1,858 by any onHartTuesday, May 10, may be obtained DeMuro whose term 4/26/16 Kirk and Alice Walter William and Justine Benoit Elizabethtown $200,000 2016 at 6:00 p.m. preresident of $410,000 the District expire on 6/30/16.Bron 4/26/16 Paul and Silvia Macor McGirl North Elba vailing hours, Notice is given that youand Lisa 4/26/16 Jay and Debbie Close Stephen Miller time, for the preSchroonduring business $250,000 sentation of the budget. beginning Friday, must be a registered 4/27/16 Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance Inc David and Sandy Rock Chesterfield $30,000 April TheStrack budget will be avail29, 2016 at$100,000 the Westto vote at the Eliza4/27/16 Donald and Victoriavoter Whittemore Jerry and Jeremiah North Elba 4/27/16 Chad and Shawn Casey and Susanable Holzerfor review beginWilmington port Central $6,000 School Disbethtown-Lewis Mark Central Budget ning on Friday, April 29, trict Office.

THE ELIZABETHTOWN- School Vote/Election. A voter 2016 at the Westport AND FURTHER NOTICE LEWIS CENTRAL registration date of May Central School District IS HEREBY GIVEN, that SCHOOL BUDGET 10th, 2016 is being set Office during business petitions nominating HEARING, BUDGET hours. candidates for the office VOTE & BOARD MEM- in the Main Office of the District between the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- of member of the Board BER ELECTION EN, that the annual of Education shall be Notice is hereby given hours of 8:00 a/m. and filed with the Clerk of that a Budget Hearing of 4:00 p.m. A register meeting of the qualified voters of the Westport said School District at the inhabitants of the shall be filed in the Main Elizabethtown-Lewis Office of the School Dis- Central School District her office in the WestCentral School District, trict and will be open for of the Town of West- port Central School, not Essex County, New inspection by any quali- port, Essex County, New later than Monday, April York, will be held in the 18, 2016, between 8:00 York, qualified to vote at fied voter of the School school meetings in the District from 9:00 a.m. lobby outside the Bulles a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

District will be held at until 3:00 p.m. prevail- Auditorium at the West- Each petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the port Central School the school on Tuesday ing time on each of the building in said District District and shall be May 10th ,2016 at 7:30 five days prior to the on Tuesday, May 17, signed by at least twenp.m. for the purpose of vote, except Saturday ty-five (25) voters of the hearing the report of the May 14th, 2016 & Sun- 2016 between the hours of 12:00 noon and 9:00 District and shall state meeting. day May 15th, 2016.

Notice is also hereby Notice is given that Ab- p.m. prevailing time, (or the residence of each until all who are in atten- signer. given that the vote on sentee Ballots may be adoption of the budget obtained at the office of dance at the time have AND FURTHER NOTICE voted), at which time the IS HEREBY GIVEN, that for 2016/2017 school the District Clerk. The year and a levying a tax District Clerk must re- polls will be open to the qualified voters of vote, by ballot, upon the the School District shall on taxable property of ceive applications for the District will take absentee ballots at least following items: 1. To be entitled to vote at place on Tuesday May seven days prior to the adopt the annual budget said annual vote and 17th, 2016, between the vote if the ballot is to be of the School District for election. A qualified votNOTICE OF FORMATION hours of 12:00 noon and mailed to the voter, on the fiscal year 2016- er is one who is (1) a OF MAGRO MANAGE- 8:00 p.m. or prior to May 17th, 2017 and to authorize citizen of the United MENT, LLC Notice is further given 2016, or if the ballot is the requisite portion States of America, (2) Arts. of Org. filed with that a copy of the state- to be delivered personal- thereof to be raised by eighteen years of age or Secy. of State of NY ment of an amount of ly to the voter. The Dis- taxation on the taxable older, and (3) a resident (SSNY) on 04/15/16. Of- money which will be re- trict Clerk must receive property of the District. within the School Disfice location: Essex quired during the ensu- Absentee Ballots no later 2. To elect one member trict for a period of thirty County. Princ. office of ing year for school pur- than 5:00 p.m. on May of the Board for a five (30) days next preceding LLC: 18 David Dr., poses, exclusive of pub- 17th, 2015.

(5) year term commenc- the annual vote and Saranac Lake, NY lic monies may be ob- Allison The School Sucharzewski ing July 1, 2016 and ex- election.

12983. SSNY designated piring on June 30, 2021 District may require all tained by a resident or District Clerk as agent of LLC upon taxpayer in the District VN-04/09, 05/07/2016- to succeed Tom Kohler persons offering to vote whom process against it during the fourteen days 2TC-114147 whose term expires on at the budget vote and may be served. SSNY immediately preceding June 30, 2016. And, 3. election to provide one shall mail process to the To authorize the pur- form of proof of residenthe Budget Vote/Election WESTPORT CENTRAL LLC at the addr. of its except Saturday, Sunday cy pursuant to Educachase of one sixty-five SCHOOL DISTRICT princ. office. Purpose: and holidays, at the Dis- Town of Westport, (65) passenger bus and tion Law 8018-c. Such Any lawful activity. trict Office during the County of Essex, New the expenditure of a form may include a VN-04/30-06/04/2016drivers license, a nongross sum not to exceed hours for 8:00 a.m. to York 6TC-116474 4:00 p.m. (DST).

Notice of Annual Meet- one hundred nine thou- driver identification card, Notice is given that a ing, Election and Budget sand dollars ($109,000) a utility bill, or a voter NOTICE OF FORMATION and the use of the sum proposition to authorize registration card. Upon Vote OF LIMITED LIABILITY the purchase of a 22 of one hundred nine offer of proof of residenPublic Budget Hearing COMPANY (LLC) thousand dollars cy, the School District passenger bus with such Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Name: Solitude Catering ($109,000) from the Bus fund to be taken from may also require all perLLC Articles of Organiza- the Transportation and at 6:00 p.m. Annual Reserve Fund to pay for sons offering to vote to tion filed with the Secre- Maintenance Equipment Meeting, Election & the bus in full. provide their signature, Budget Vote Tuesday, tary of State of New Reserve Fund will be AND FURTHER NOTICE printed name and adMay 17, 2016 12:00 York (SSNY) on January placed on the ballot.

IS HEREBY GIVEN, that dress. noon 9:00 p.m.

26, 2016 Office Loca- Notice is given that an AND FURTHER NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- a copy of the statement tion: Essex County. The election will be held for EN, that a public hearing of the amount of money IS HEREBY GIVEN, that SSNY is designated as the purpose of electing qualified voters may apof the qualified voters of which will be required to agent of the LLC upon fund the School Districts ply for absentee ballots one (1) Board of Educawhom process against it tion member of the Dis- the Westport Central budget for 2016-2017, at the District Clerks ofSchool District, Essex may be served. SSNY trict. One seat, for the of public fice and that a list of County, Westport, New exclusive shall mail a copy of any term of three (3) years monies, and all other re- persons to whom absenYork, will be held in the process to the LLC at: to fill the seat of Karin quired documentation tee ballots have been isWestport Central School Forever Native, 3320 may be obtained by any sued will be available for DeMuro whose term will Library in said District Knight Station Rd., expire on 6/30/16. resident of the District inspection in the District on Tuesday, May 10, Lakeland, FL 33810. during business hours, Clerks office during each Notice is given that you 2016 at 6:00 p.m. prePurpose: To engage in must be a registered vailing time, for the pre- beginning Friday, April of the five days prior to any lawful act or activity. voter to vote at the Eliza- sentation of the budget. 29, 2016 at the West- the day of the election, VN-04/02-05/07/2016bethtown-Lewis Central The budget will be avail- port Central School Dis- during regular business 6TC-113537 hours, except Saturday School Budget able for review begin- trict Office. and Sunday.

THE ELIZABETHTOWN- Vote/Election. A voter ning on Friday, April 29, AND FURTHER NOTICE registration date of May 2016 at the Westport IS HEREBY GIVEN, that School District: WestLEWIS CENTRAL 10th, 2016 is being set Central School District petitions nominating port Central SCHOOL BUDGET in the Main Office of the candidates for the office Town of Westport, Office during business HEARING, BUDGET of member of the Board County of Essex, New hours.

VOTE & BOARD MEM- District between the hours of 8:00 a/m. and York NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- of Education shall be BER ELECTION filed with the Clerk of District Clerk: Jana Notice is hereby given 4:00 p.m. A register EN, that the annual said School District at Atwell meeting of the qualified that a Budget Hearing of shall be filed in the Main her office in the West- Dated: March 29, 2016 the inhabitants of the Office of the School Dis- voters of the Westport trict and will be open for Central School District port Central School, not VN-04/09,04/23,04/30, Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School District, inspection by any quali- of the Town of West- later than Monday, April 05/07/2016-4TC-114148 port, Essex County, New 18, 2016, between 8:00 Essex County, New fied voter of the School a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

York, qualified to vote at District from 9:00 a.m. York, will be held in the Each petition shall be diuntil 3:00 p.m. prevail- lobby outside the Bulles school meetings in the Auditorium at the West- rected to the Clerk of the District will be held at ing time on each of the District and shall be five days prior to the port Central School the school on Tuesday TO MAKE vote, except Saturday building in said District signed by at least twenMay 10th ,2016 at 7:30 ty-five (25) voters of the May 14th, 2016 & Sunon Tuesday, May 17, p.m. for the purpose of District and shall state 2016 between the hours hearing the report of the day May 15th, 2016. the residence of each Notice is given that Abof 12:00 noon and 9:00 meeting. sentee Ballots may be p.m. prevailing time, (or signer.

Notice is also hereby Place a given that the vote on obtained at the office of until all who are in atten- AND FURTHER NOTICE classified the District Clerk. The dance at the time have IS HEREBY GIVEN, that adoption of the budget ad! for 2016/2017 school District Clerk must re- voted), at which time the the qualified voters of It’s easy and ceive applications for polls will be open to the School District shall year and a levying a tax will make you money! on taxable property of absentee ballots at least vote, by ballot, upon the be entitled to vote at said annual vote and seven days prior to the following items: 1. To the District will take election. A qualified votvote if the ballot is to be adopt the annual budget place on Tuesday May mailed to the voter, on of the School District for er is one who is (1) a 17th, 2016, between the hours of 12:00 noon and or prior to May 17th, the fiscal year 2016- citizen of the United States of America, (2) 2016, or if the ballot is 2017 and to authorize 8:00 p.m. eighteen years of age or Notice is further given to be delivered personal- the requisite portion older, and (3) a resident that a copy of the state- ly to the voter. The Dis- thereof to be raised by

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